Does Xero pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Xero employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Xero. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Xero?

58% of Xero employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Xero 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Xero?

Software Engineer (94) , Customer Experience Specialist (88) , Senior Software Engineer (66) , Account Manager (60) , Product Manager (45) , Software Developer (34) , Senior Account Manager (28) , Senior Engineer (28) , Engineer (23) , Sales (22) , Product Designer (19) , Developer (16) , Intern (14) , Lead Engineer (14) , Partner Consultant (14)

What are the pros of working at Xero according to real employee reviews?

"Great people to work with Free vending machine and fruit Lots of cool events and Friday drinks Up to date tech to use for working" ((in 233 reviews)); "work life balance is good" ((in 103 reviews)); "Good Benefits and snacks and close to a subway station in the middle of the city." ((in 76 reviews)); "Great teams and bright people" ((in 56 reviews)); "Great office to work in with quite a few bonuses" ((in 41 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Xero according to real employee reviews?

"Micro management What’s was cool and special before are being taken away" ((in 62 reviews)); "Senior leadership are so overconfident in their decisions that they get visibly angry when questioned about their laughably poor decisions" ((in 49 reviews)); "Pay is low compared to others" ((in 43 reviews)); "No Career Progression or its not clear enough" ((in 38 reviews)); "Many managers appear more invested in their own visibility and advancement than in the growth or wellbeing of their teams." ((in 35 reviews))

What are employees saying about Xero layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Xero layoffs and their outlook for job security at Xero in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Xero locations?

Denver , San Francisco , New York , San Mateo , San Jose , Oklahoma City , Houston , Cleveland , Los Angeles , Colorado Springs , Wellington , Portland , Atlanta

Xero reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(1,646 total reviews)

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy

50% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Culture & values

3.1

Career opportunities

2.9

Senior management

Xero has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,646 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Xero employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.6 stars).

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Reviews by job title

2K reviews

4.0

Oct 21, 2014

Whirlwind

Education specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Fast paced and exciting company to work with, great product, fantastic to be involved with projects.

Cons

Moves too fast and some decisions made don't always make sense. Need to take a step back and listen to teams before rolling out big ideas.

4.0

Oct 20, 2014

Great place to work. Amazing people and excellent work life balance.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great culture. Bi-weekly Lunches, snacks, latte machine, fruit delivery and the very fun Friday Happy Hour. People are genuinely kind and truly care about the brand.

Cons

At current time there is a lack of leadership. Xero is in the process of hiring several key individuals but this takes time to bring the right leaders onboard.

Xero Response

11y

You'll see we are currently looking for someone to take on our Compensation and Benefits (Rewards) programs worldwide. High priority job to fill so that we stay competitive. Agreed.

5.0

Oct 20, 2014

Great culture and a load of opportunities

Development practice lead

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I get a lot of autonomy and can work on the things that I think are important. The company trusts me to choose the right things to do. I'm building a team to tackle some pretty challenging technical work and I'm blown away by how many other Xeros want to be involved in this.

Cons

Fast growth means that (for example) processes aren't in place where they need to be and we're still finding our feet in some areas. There are technical challenges associated with rapid growth too. It's hard to hire enough good people to keep pace with our growth targets.

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Great place to work. Amazing people and excellent work life balance.

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